2014-01-30 (first published: 2012-10-07)
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Scripts
2014-01-28 (first published: 2013-01-16)
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2014-01-21 (first published: 2013-12-28)
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2014-01-17 (first published: 2014-01-03)
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TEMPDB Configuration per vCPU
A simple script for automation of additional secondary data files of tempdb.
2014-01-14 (first published: 2013-12-27)
2,413 reads
To check the full backup duration of an SQL Instance
This script will check the full backup time taken by all the databases of an SQL Server instance.
2014-01-13 (first published: 2014-01-07)
1,368 reads
To check the Backup Status for an SQL Instance
This Script will fetch database backup information from msdb and give the idea about full, diffrential and log backup.
2014-01-10 (first published: 2014-01-04)
1,412 reads
Total Space Used for all databases per disk
Tells you how much the databases are using the space on disk taking in account the free space at the end of the database.
2014-01-08 (first published: 2012-05-04)
3,978 reads
View Active Session SQL
This script can be used to view current SQL statements being executed for all or any one SPID.
2014-01-06 (first published: 2012-01-26)
4,311 reads
Advanced Display Table and Column Info
A view that presents Schema, Table, Fields and Data Types, Defaults and First 10 triggers for the table.
2014-01-03 (first published: 2013-12-10)
1,730 reads
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Question of the Day
Detecting Characters
I have a SQL Server 2022 English default installation on a server. I want to detect if there are any upper case characters in rows and I have this code:
SELECT CustomerNameID,
CustomerName
FROM dbo.CustomerName
WHERE CustomerName = LOWER(CustomerName)
Here is the sample data I am testing with:
CustomerNameID CustomerName 1 John Smith 2 Sarah Johnson 3 MICHAEL WILLIAMS 4 JENNIFER BROWN 5 david jones 6 emily davis 7 Robert Miller 8 LISA WILSON 9 christopher moore 10 Amanda TaylorHow many rows are returned? See possible answers